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The Mid Continent Nail Corporation and the SEMO Box Company have done business together for more than 25 years, but soon their shared history might be wiped out.
At the beginning of June, the Mid Continent Nail Corporation in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, had more than 500 employees. But Donald Trumps recent updates to tariffs on steel goods caused the company to lose 50 percent of its business in two weeks and forced the factory to lay off 60 temporary workers. Newsweek reports that the business may be forced to cut 200 additional jobs by the end of next month.
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/26/trumps-tariffs-are-causing-cascading-layoffs-in-missouri
SEMO Box Company has reported that it, too, has had to lay off employees as a result of the tariff. Four have gotten the axe so far, but co-owner Tim Powderly told MissouriNet that SEMO Box Company plans soldier on.
Donald Trump won 56.4 percent of the vote in Missouri, with Hillary Clinton taking just under 38 percent. In Cape Girardeau County, Trump's percentage of the vote grew to 72 percent; in Butler County, which includes Poplar Bluff and the Mid Continent factory, he won support from 79.1 percent of voters.
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)They will blame liberals, women, minorities, PBO and Hillary..
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)Right now, I'm thinking about cataloging my LP vinyl record collection, which will eat up much of my available time for the foreseeable future.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Missouri is a RED state! Surely Dump protects his base!
Besides, one of his head trumpeteers - Rush Limbaugh - hails from Cape Girardeau. He wouldn't let down Limburger, would he?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Has victory over your enemies ever tasted so sweet?
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,231 posts)WOOMP! WOOMP!
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Trump 79.2%
Clinton 17.6%
I'll show you! I'll cut my own throat!
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Squinch
(50,774 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)"Don't laugh libtards, you're next!1!11!1" Or should I say, "your next".
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)May the rest of the towns, cities, counties, districts, and communities that voted Trump get their just desserts, too.